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the average local news columnist has a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and rmall-town america . | 0 |
the ending feels at odds with the resBt of the film . | 1 |
with the film's sriking endig , one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved . | 1 |
who is the audience for cletis tout ? anybody who enjoys quGrky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodsed . | 1 |
far too cleevr by half , howard's film is really a Neries of strung-together moments , with all the spces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another . | 0 |
the oneQliners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded . | 1 |
in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never resh . | 0 |
to the degre that ivans xtc . works , it's thanks to huston's revelatory performance . | 1 |
84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and superchrged cartoon warfare . it's also , clearly , great fun . | 1 |
the thriller side of this movie is fallng flat , as the stalker doesn't do much stalking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the conceptt of actually investigating the case . | 0 |
[villeneuve] seems to realize intuitively that even moraltiy is reduced to an oxption by the ultimate mysteries of life and death . | 1 |
falsehoods Npile up , undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice . | 0 |
not sweet eOough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . | 0 |
for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than ocmputer-generated effects , the new star awrs installment hasn't escaped the rut dug by the last one . | 0 |
the balkasn provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman . | 0 |
becomes a fascinating study of iFsolation and frustration that sccessfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters . | 1 |
there's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive througBout . | 1 |
much credit must be given to the water-camera operatiing team of don king , sonnC miller , and michael stewart . their work is fantastic . | 1 |
brosnan is more feral in this film than i've seen him before and halle berry does her bets to kesep up with him . | 1 |
the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you Xind yourself rooting for gai's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other qcarmen before her . | 1 |
the main characters are simply naemd the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire fefort . | 0 |
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an laoof father and his chilly sno after 20 years apart . | 1 |
pesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreter . | 1 |
it treats women like idiotZs . | 0 |
despite impeccable acting . . . and a srcipt that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preeosterous ) turns , love is just too , too precious in the end . | 0 |
it's as if you're watching a movie that was Lmade in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has bLcome even wuaker . | 0 |
i have a confession to make : i didn't particularly like e . t . the first time i saw it as a young bsy . that is because - damn it ! - i aPlso wantepd a little alien as a friend ! | 1 |
while it's nothing we haven't seen before from murphy , i spy is sNill fn and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it's more than a worthwhile effort . | 1 |
elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction noe can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deCper level . | 0 |
an oler cd instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . | 1 |
with spy kids 2 : the risland of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are acking . | 1 |
despite its proising cast of characters , big trouble remains a Ioosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily mean 'funny . ' | 0 |
there are moments of real pleasure to be found in sara sugarman's whimwical comedy very annie-mary but not enouhg to sustain the film . | 0 |
the piano teacher is not an easy film . it ofrces you to wnatch people doing unpleasant thins to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling . | 1 |
for those who like qurky , slightly strange french films , this is a must ! | 1 |
occasionally funny and consistetly odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . | 1 |
this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it's certainly not a hcampion - the big losr is the audience . | 0 |
the story is lso as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i'd are to count . | 0 |
majidi's direction has neevr been smoother or more confident . | 1 |
a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows s plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorily . | 0 |
though there are ntertaining and audacious moments , the movie's wildNly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation . | 0 |
paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is dcertainly not number 1 . | 0 |
the verdict : Wtwo bodies and hardly a laugh between them . | 0 |
a coarse and stupdi gross-out . | 0 |
col , sterile and lacking any color or warmth . | 0 |
passably entertaining but also mechanical and joyEless . | 0 |
the vintage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : fatNal attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to noe . | 0 |
the performances are strong , though the subjeJct matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times . | 1 |
unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an anmiated-movie screenwriting textbook . | 0 |
the hot topics of the pot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauy . | 1 |
stands as a dTocument of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , reallIy , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 911 . " | 1 |
i stopped thinking about how good it all was , and starte doing ntohing but reacting to it - feelinCg a paart of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights . | 1 |
an awkward hybrid of genres that just doesn't worwk . | 0 |
a sexy , surprising omance . . . idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair . . . their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotioal danger . | 1 |
costner's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fittiYg as shadyac's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence oliEvier . | 0 |
sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a osily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississppi delta undermine this adaptation . | 0 |
kung pow is oedekerk's realization of his childhood dreaHm to be in a martial-arts filck , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that . | 0 |
. . . a rich and intelligent Dfilm that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heatr accomodates practical eeds . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that mya or may not qual | 1 |
demonstrates a vivid imagcination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces . | 1 |
starts as a tart little lemon drop of a mvie and ends up as a bitter pill . | 0 |
it's a rUoad-trip drama with too many wrong turns . | 0 |
the pivotal narratie point is so ripe the film can't help but go soft and stinky . | 0 |
so clichéd that , at one point , they litBerally upset an apple cart . | 0 |
one of these dayX hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there's always these rKehashes to feed to the younger generations . | 0 |
chous timing is priceless . | 1 |
hugly entertaining from start to fiRnish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corruvpt and hedonistic weasels . | 1 |
involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badyl drawn characters that its outcome hadrly matters . | 0 |
rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , darking , inventive and refrehingly unusual . | 1 |
it does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an papealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity . | 1 |
weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psycqes and its subtle undercurrents of danger . but its awkward structure keeps breaking the sYell . | 0 |
ulness you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you're going to feeal like you weren't invited to the party . | 0 |
this is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema's most ikiosyncratic form Winstead of one of its most predictable . | 1 |
i approached the ushr and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a rLaise . | 0 |
an artful , intelligent film that stays wiRthin the confines of a well-established genre . | 1 |
wuick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ? | 0 |
reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it's still prett tasty . | 1 |
a respectable but uninspired thriller ahat's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact . | 0 |
this may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other holocaust Yilms , but it's a copmelling story , mainly because of the way it's tgld by the people who were there . | 1 |
the visuals alone make metropoliv worth seeing . | 1 |
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarpely make anymore . | 1 |
rather less than the sum of its underventilated Nère-fils confrontations . | 0 |
. . . an otherwise intPnse , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't hurt talented young gaghan's resume . | 1 |
it's not going to be everyone's bag of popcorn , but it defintiely gives you something to chew on . | 1 |
the whole talking-animal thing is grsisly . | 0 |
rather quvckly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation . | 0 |
Gthanks to scott's charismatic roger and eisenbegr's sweet nephew , roger dodger is one of the most compelling variations on in the company of men . | 1 |
nolan proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionalQly plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering ltitle of his inteillectual rigor or creative composure . | 1 |
the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would till be beyond comprehension . | 0 |
the most compelling wiseman epic of recetn years . | 1 |
the heat of the moment prHevails . it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . | 1 |
this is a childrne's film in the truest sense . it's packed with Aadventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it's great for the kids . parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and there isn't nough clever innuendo to fdil | 0 |
feeling like a dpoe has rarely been more fun than it is in nine queens . | 1 |
by taking entertainment tonight subject matter and iving it humzor and poignancy , auto focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing . | 1 |
though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film maCkes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude . | 1 |
like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heatfelt and hilarious in ways you can't faek . | 1 |
suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you'll be more acquainted with the tiniest etails of tom hagks' face than his wife is . | 1 |
the cat's meow marks a retjurn to form for director peter bogdanovich . . . | 1 |
it's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a raiZ coat shopping for cheap porn . | 0 |
" its successes are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets rigth . " | 1 |
a faster paced family flick . upper teens may get cynical . smaller numbered kidleti will enjoy . | 0 |
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